February 2013 First Person Radio Archives

Please join Laura Waterman Wittstock with guest Clyde Bellecourt on Wednesday, February 20, at 9 am Central. We will discuss the 40th anniversary of Wounded Knee. Bellecourt, who was in Wounded Knee and part of negotiations to bring elders and chiefs to Washington, D.C. for talks directly with the Nixon government. Wounded Knee lasted for 73 harrowing days as FBI and federal marshals pinned the compound down with heavy artillery, including sniper fire. NPR reporter Kevin McKiernen reported from inside.